According to a new report, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo “edited” a state report that minimized the death count in nursing homes from COVID-19.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which will interview Cuomo on Tuesday, said Cuomo’s office made “demonstrably false” statements while engaging in a “cover-up,” the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/09/us-news/cuomo-aides-knew-nursing-home-mandate-would-be-great-debacle-helped-gov-edit-report-that-deflated-deaths-house-covid-panel-finds/">reported</a>.
In June 2024, Cuomo blamed federal and state health officials for the nursing home directive. “They [Cuomo and his then-staff] want to assert that that order is exactly the same as the federal CMS, which it is not,” Rep. Marc Molinaro <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/11/us-news/cuomo-grilled-by-house-panel-over-nys-covid-nursing-home-deaths-dont-see-a-lot-of-remorse/">said</a>. “The state order says, ‘You shall take back individuals and you cannot deny them solely on the basis of COVID,’ which left them no option but to accept individuals that we knew would cause risk to the other patients.&#8221;
“Andrew Cuomo was attempting to shift blame for what was a clear directive,” Molinaro continued. “When they identified and knew that the order was causing great loss, they subsequently cooked the books to suggest that the numbers of those who died in nursing homes were much less than we knew.”
On March 25, 2020, the New York Department of Health issued an advisory that stated nursing homes had to accept residents returning from hospitals whether or not they had a diagnosis of COVID-19. The <a href="https://skillednursingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/DOH_COVID19__NHAdmissionsReadmissions__032520_1585166684475_0.pdf">advisory</a> stated:
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During this global health emergency, all NHs must comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs. Residents are deemed appropriate for return to a NH upon a determination by the hospital physician or designee that the resident is medically stable for return.  Hospital discharge planners must confirm to the NH, by telephone, that the resident is medically stable for discharge. Comprehensive discharge instructions must be provided by the hospital prior to the transport of a resident to the NH.
No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.
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In the fall of 2020, speaking to Finger Lakes Daily News, Cuomo defended himself from the charge that his policies caused more deaths from COVID in nursing homes, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/02/andrew-cuomos-latest-nursing-home-deception/">reported</a>. In response to a question about the issue, Cuomo blamed the federal government, attacked Florida&#8217;s state government, claimed that New York “flattened the curve effectively,” and said, “It just never happened in New York, where we needed to say to a nursing home, ‘We need you to take this person even though they’re COVID positive.&#8217; It never happened.”
New York State has reported &#8220;more than 6,600 nursing home COVID-19 related deaths,&#8221; Finger Lakes Daily News reported, &#8220;but that number is likely much higher since New York does not include residents who initially contracted the virus at a nursing home but died after being transferred to a hospital.&#8221; State Senator Tom O’Mara co-sponsored a bill requiring the Department of Health to provide the accurate death toll from those in nursing homes. &#8220;He said many believe that number could be twice as high,&#8221; the Daily News noted.
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The outlet asked Cuomo, “Governor, you said earlier that you lie down at night and you can sleep knowing that you saved lives. What would you say to New York residents who lost their loved ones in nursing homes due to your mandate back in late March regarding sending COVID-positive patients back to nursing homes?”
“Yeah, I would say, first of all, that’s not why they lost a loved one,” Cuomo protested. “Your premise, the premise of your question, is just factually wrong. People who were lost in nursing homes were lost because that’s where the virus preys. The virus preys on senior citizens. The virus was introduced in this country in Washington, state of Washington in a nursing home. That’s who succumb to this virus, are immune-compromised senior citizens, and they’re predominantly located in nursing homes.”
“Number two: you look at the nursing home deaths in this state; do you know what number we are by percentage before you made that statement? We’re number 46 out of 50 states,” Cuomo boasted. “And we had the worst problem, and we’re number 46 in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minnesota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Minnesota</a> Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-walz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Walz</a>, the Democratic Party&#8217;s vice presidential nominee, has been <a href="https://edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/9.4.24_feeding_our_future_subpoenas.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subpoenaed</a> as part of a Republican-led congressional investigation into the fraudulent use of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID</a> relief funds.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Education and the Workforce Committee is seeking documents related to the Minnesota Department of Education&#8217;s (MDE) administration of federal child nutrition programs (FCNP).
At issue is how the Minnesota-based nonprofit Feeding Our Future (FOF) was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/five-defendants-found-guilty-their-roles-250-million-fraud-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">implicated</a> in what the Department of Justice (DOJ) described as a $250 million fraud scheme that &#8220;exploited&#8221; an operation meant to feed hungry kids in need during the COVID pandemic.
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&#8220;As the chief executive and the highest ranking official in the state of Minnesota, you are responsible for the MDE and its administration of FCNPs,&#8221; Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote in a cover letter to Walz.
&#8220;Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s administration of the FCNP and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,&#8221; she added.
The committee also sent subpoenas for documents to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, and Agriculture Department Inspector General Phyllis Fong. Walz and the others received a September 18 deadline.
Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harris-expected-to-tap-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-as-running-mate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked</a> Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential race in early August, but the House GOP&#8217;s inquiry into FOF and efforts to obtain documents from Minnesota officials dates back to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/14/foxx-house-republicans-question-minnesota-department-of-education/71577965007/">last year</a>.
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In 2022, federal prosecutors announced charges against dozens of defendants linked to FOF in what the DOJ described at the time as being &#8220;the largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the nation.&#8221;
In June of this year, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lugar <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/five-defendants-found-guilty-their-roles-250-million-fraud-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that five defendants had been convicted by a federal jury, and a total of 23 individuals had been &#8220;held accountable&#8221; for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme.
Foxx&#8217;s letter to Walz noted that the governor, when asked about not holding agencies accountable and whether MDE employees would be disciplined, <a href="https://www.startribune.com/we-can-always-do-better-gov-tim-walz-says-of-education-department-after-report-criticizes-oversight-of-feeding-our-future/600374449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>, &#8220;This wasn’t malfeasance.&#8221;
Walz also stated, &#8220;There’s not a single state employee that was implicated in doing anything that was illegal. They simply didn’t do as much due diligence as they should’ve.&#8221;
The Office of the Legislative Auditor in Minnesota <a href="https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/pdf/2024-mdefof.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a report this summer that said MDE&#8217;s oversight of FOF had been &#8220;inadequate&#8221; and listed ways in which it &#8220;created opportunities for fraud.&#8221;
A spokesperson for Walz told <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/06/14/feeding-our-future-fraud-minnesota-department-education-audit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> his administration &#8220;made many of the corrective actions suggested by the OLA [Office of the Legislative Auditor] and taken &#8216;strong steps to find and eliminate any remaining vulnerabilities in government programs.'&#8221;

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Former New York Gov.Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, will testify before Congress next week regarding his response to the COVID pandemic.
Cuomo will be questioned publicly for the first time on September 10, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic said in <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/breaking-former-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-at-public-hearing-on-september-10/">a press release</a>. The press release said Cuomo would be questioned “about his Administration’s issuance of unscientific guidance that forced New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients.”
On March 25, 2020, then-Gov. Cuomo’s office issued a <a href="https://skillednursingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/03/DOH_COVID19__NHAdmissionsReadmissions__032520_1585166684475_0.pdf">mandate</a> requiring nursing homes in New York to accept COVID-positive patients on short notice, whether they were equipped to isolate and care for them or not. The policy led to nearly 13,000 nursing home deaths – or about 14% of New York’s pre-pandemic nursing home population, according to a <a href="https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/the-states-revised-nursing-home-death-toll/">report</a> from the Empire Center, a non-partisan think tank.
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The Cuomo administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nursing-home-deaths-in-new-york-were-massively-undercounted-new-york-ag-finds">undercounted</a> the deaths by including thousands of nursing home patient deaths with hospital deaths since the patients had been transferred to hospitals before they died.
In a thread <a href="https://x.com/COVIDSelect/status/1830914951499690140">posted</a> to X, the subcommittee said that it had privately interviewed Cuomo about his nursing home policies and that he was “shockingly callous when discussing New York’s nursing home mortality rate.”
&#8220;…let&#8217;s say there&#8217;s a 3,000 [deaths] differential, 2500. Who cares? What difference does it make in any dimension to anyone about anything?&#8221; Cuomo reportedly asked, according to the subcommittee, which will be releasing the transcription before the former governor testifies.
Also during that interview, according to the subcommittee, Cuomo claimed he was unaware of the March 25 mandate until a month after it had been issued. He then reportedly claimed that nursing homes had “an escape valve” and were not actually forced to admit COVID-positive patients. He then said his only regret was that nursing homes were “confused” by the mandate, before clarifying that he didn’t “accept the premise that they were actually confused by it.&#8221;
“Andrew Cuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families who lost loved ones in New York’s nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Committee Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH). “On September 10, Americans will have the opportunity to hear directly from the former governor about New York’s potentially fatal nursing home policies.”
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“During closed-door testimony, Mr. Cuomo was shockingly callous when pressed to explain discrepancies in nursing home death counts, repeatedly deflected responsibility for the nursing home directive, and most egregiously, showed little remorse for the thousands of lives lost,” Wenstrup added. “A true leader owns up to his mistakes and takes responsibility for wrongdoing. That is not what we saw from Mr. Cuomo during his term as governor nor during his transcribed interview. We hope that during his public hearing next week, Mr. Cuomo will stop dodging accountability and honestly answer the American people.”

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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris&#8217;</a> presidential campaign is mandating the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</a> for those interested in working for her.
On the official presidential <a href="https://kamalaharris.com/work-with-us/">website</a> for Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, under the option “work for us,” is a list of job opportunities with the campaign.
The individual <a href="https://jobs.lever.co/BFP/a3db8c48-0d22-4863-8ee1-b43b8d0d1a95">jobs</a> pages contain a list of responsibilities and qualifications and underneath those is a paragraph about being vaccinated.
“Harris for President requires all employees to be ‘up to date’ on COVID-19 vaccination status as prescribed by the CDC as a condition of employment, unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law,” the statement read.
“If you seek a reasonable accommodation in relation to the campaign&#8217;s COVID-19 policy, you should speak to the HR Department prior to reporting to an office location,” the statement added.
A message on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html">website</a> reads, “CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines—Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax—to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.”
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A vote for Kamala Harris = a vote for endless vaccine mandates. Guys come on, don’t do this. <a href="https://t.co/P36uxxJLtR">https://t.co/P36uxxJLtR</a> <a href="https://t.co/g06kLPVl84">pic.twitter.com/g06kLPVl84</a>
— Kristen Mag (@kristenmag) <a href="https://twitter.com/kristenmag/status/1824308411997327434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
As the campaign stated, “up to date” per the CDC means, “People aged 5 – 64 years. You are up to date when you get 1 age-appropriate updated COVID-19 vaccine.”
And for people aged 65 years and older, it said, “You are up to date when you have received 2 updated 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccine doses.”
The Daily Wire has reached out to the Harris campaign for information about its vaccine mandate.
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In February, the largest global study to date looked at medical issues among nearly 100 million people who received the COVID vaccine and found a higher-than-expected increase in neurological- and heart-related problems following the shot, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/largest-covid-vax-study-to-date-finds-higher-than-expected-increase-in-heart-and-brain-issues-following-jab">reported</a>.
As the Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-acknowledges-possible-injury-from-covid-vaccine">previously reported</a>, there have been nearly 13,000 claims filed with the vaccine compensation program alleging harm caused by the pandemic response, with more than 10,000 of those claims citing the vaccine as causing injury or death.
In May 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced an end to the “COVID-19 vaccine requirements for Federal employees, Federal contractors, and international air travelers at the end of the day on May 11, the same day that the COVID-19 public health emergency ends…” a White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/01/the-biden-administration-will-end-covid-19-vaccination-requirements-for-federal-employees-contractors-international-travelers-head-start-educators-and-cms-certified-facilities/">press release</a> read.
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/legacy-media-acknowledges-possible-injury-from-covid-vaccine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legacy Media Acknowledges Possible Injury From COVID Vaccine</a>

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Minnesota, under Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, prioritized non-white residents for COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic.
In Minnesota, an “ethical framework” prioritized black 18-year-olds over elderly whites, even though the elderly were at a much higher risk of severe complications due to COVID, the Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/food-and-drug-administration-drives-racial-rationing-of-covid-drugs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in January 2022.
The racial discrimination <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/multiple-states-prioritizing-covid-care-based-on-race-thanks-to-the-fda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stemmed from</a> the FDA’s guidance when authorizing monoclonal antibodies and oral antivirals for emergency use. The FDA only authorized these treatments for “high risk” patients, and included race as a factor determining someone to be “high risk.”
As the Free Beacon noted in 2022:
<blockquote>The <a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/149534/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FDA “fact sheet” for Sotrovimab</a>, the only monoclonal antibody effective against the Omicron variant, states that “race or ethnicity” can “place individual patients at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19.” The <a href="https://www.fda.gov/media/155050/download" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact sheet for Paxlovid</a>, Pfizer’s new antiviral pill, uses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition of “high risk,” which states that “systemic health and social inequities” have put minorities “at increased risk of getting sick and dying from COVID-19.”</blockquote>
Even though the guidance is nonbinding, several states used it to justify race-based triage to the detriment of those at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19.
Minnesota, for example, explicitly cited the FDA as the reason it prioritized lower-risk minorities over higher-risk white people.
“The FDA has acknowledged that in addition to certain underlying health conditions, race and ethnicity ‘may also place individual patients at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19,’” Minnesota’s racial triage plan states. “FDA’s acknowledgment means that race and ethnicity alone, apart from other underlying health conditions, may be considered in determining eligibility for [monoclonal antibodies].”
The FDA said race may be considered, but it never said race should be the priority when determining who should get treatment.
Unsurprisingly, even though men were approximately 50% more likely to die from COVID than women – according to <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/10/19/at-least-65000-more-men-than-women-have-died-from-covid-19-in-the-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> from the Brookings Institution – sex was not included as a risk factor in the FDA guidance.
As the Free Beacon noted, the triage in Minnesota gave non-white patients two points when determining risk, whereas comorbidities like “hypertension in a patient 55 years and older” were only worth one point.
The policy followed others in Minnesota, which are getting renewed attention after Vice President Kamala Harris chose Walz as her running mate. Another policy Walz implemented was a COVID hotline that allowed Minnesotans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-walz-implemented-covid-hotline-to-snitch-on-neighbors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to snitch on their neighbors</a> for violating lockdown orders.
The hotline generated thousands of reports – against people playing basketball, walking their dogs, or attending church, local outlet Alpha News <a href="https://alphanews.org/one-minnesota-thousands-reported-on-neighbors-using-tattle-tale-hotline-during-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2022. Walz’s administration continued to monitor the hotline until November 2020, though it remained operational until June 2022.

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Tim Walz’s Minnesota Prioritized COVID Care Based On Race

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Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz’s COVID policies during the 2020-2021 pandemic included a stay-at-home order, required masking, school closures, and a state hotline for residents to report others who violated government guidelines.
On March 25, 2020, Walz replaced his initial stay-at-home order with another one that allowed for gatherings of friends and family of 10 people or less. By July 2, he signed another executive order requiring Minnesotans to wear a face covering in indoor businesses and indoor public settings.
“Right now there’s no better way to demonstrate our Minnesotan values than by wearing a mask,” he declared.
That same month, the state of Minnesota implemented a hotline for residents to report violators of COVID-19 orders; it was reportedly monitored by law enforcement until November 2020.
“A hotline set up by Gov. Tim Walz’s administration to monitor compliance with his 2020 stay-at-home order generated thousands of reports from Minnesotans who snitched on their neighbors for things like playing basketball in a park, walking their dogs, and throwing small parties,” Alpha News <a href="https://alphanews.org/one-minnesota-thousands-reported-on-neighbors-using-tattle-tale-hotline-during-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in July 2022. “The hotline was launched in March 2020 and law enforcement continued to monitor it until November, well after the stay-at-home order ended.”
The hotline angered the state’s top Republican, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, who <a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/gazelka-criticizes-state-hotline-asking-minnesotans-to-report-violations-of-stay-home-order/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, “Please take this hotline down @GovTimWalz. It’s not necessary and it’s not how Minnesotans want to treat each other. We can all show a bit of kindness to our neighbors as we manage our times and needs differently in the stay-at-home efforts.”
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Walz responded, “It is being used, and we simply want to let people be able to call and let folks know. It’s for their own good. If we see people that may not be as informed on this, it’s an educational piece.”
In August 2020, the Upper Midwest Law Center <a href="https://www.umlc.org/minnesota-supreme-court-approves-governor-walzs-covid-19-emergency-declaration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed a lawsuit</a> on behalf of 16 Minnesota citizens, business owners, and churches, challenging Walz’s executive order mandating masks in indoor public spaces. “UMLC argued that the Governor was taking upon himself the whole legislative power of the State, but only the state legislature has the authority to enact such laws consistent with the Minnesota Constitution,” UMLC noted.
In May, the Minnesota Supreme Court <a href="https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-supreme-court-pandemic-emergency-declaration-ok-under-state-law/600365089">ruled</a> that Walz&#8217;s actions were constitutional and he acted within his executive powers.
Walz did not remove the statewide mask requirement until May 13, 2021, stating, “This great day is possible because vaccines have proven to be effective.”
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-walz-implemented-covid-hotline-to-snitch-on-neighbors">FLASHBACK: Walz Implemented COVID Hotline To Snitch On Neighbors</a>

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In March 2020, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s administration implemented a hotline encouraging people to snitch on their neighbors who weren’t following the government’s COVID lockdown orders.
The hotline generated thousands of reports – against people playing basketball, walking their dogs, or attending church, local outlet Alpha News <a href="https://alphanews.org/one-minnesota-thousands-reported-on-neighbors-using-tattle-tale-hotline-during-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2022. Walz’s administration continued to monitor the hotline until November 2020, though it remained operational until June 2022.
In one example of a complaint, someone alerted authorities to a church service that wasn’t following Walz’s “legal requirements,” the outlet noted.
“I am aware that the apostolic Lutheran church at [address] is planning to hold church services oct 2-4th [sic]. Hundreds are expected And [sic] they will be serving meals in the church dining hall. I don’t believe this fits with legal requirements and I am. Aware [sic] that multiple families that attend this church currently have coronavirus.&#8221;
People also called in lists of “non-essential” businesses that remained open or didn’t strictly follow government masking requirements.
A recording of the hotline circulating online reveals a prerecorded message telling callers they have reached the “Office of Public Safety Stay At Home Hotline.”
“The information you leave is considered public information,” it continued. “At the tone, please leave the following information: your name, your callback number, how the stay-at-home order is being violated, and where the stay-at-home order was violated.”
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Tim Walz Covid Snitch Line
If my account is remembered for anything let it be this.
Just like socialism, this is Tim Walz’s idea of being neighborly.
It’s one thing to read about it. It’s another to hear it. <a href="https://t.co/4Xu9NlugvS">pic.twitter.com/4Xu9NlugvS</a>
— CiceroMN (@cicero_mn) <a href="https://twitter.com/cicero_mn/status/1820660250581610710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The hotline flew in the face of the message Gov. Walz sent in 2023 regarding LGBT issues.
“In Minnesota, we mind our own damn business,” Walz said in a post on X.
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In Minnesota, we mind our own damn business.
We don’t need you in the exam room. We don’t need you telling us who we can love. And we sure don’t need you attacking our teachers, students, and schools.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz/status/1689646280312782849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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He was immediately met with responses from people pointing out the snitch hotline.
In addition to calling in tips, people could also email complaints. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) noted to Alpha News that about 10,000 COVID-related emails were sent, many of which were spam.
According to the outlet, in one email someone reported “a very large gathering of a pick up basketball game with a lot of observers that easily totaled 30+.”
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Another person reported that they had seen a Facebook photo of a small group of people working out at a local park, even though the people could be seen spaced out several feet from each other.
“I have a real problem with this and they are inviting more people to join,” the person reporting complained.”
The list goes on, including someone who reported an employee who was “not practicing social distancing and [was] displaying risky behaviors during this crisis.” Another person reported a police officer who threw a birthday party at his house, and someone else reported that there were “too many people in Walgreens at once.”
Another email complained that people were “going to their cabins,” and others noted that construction workers weren’t practicing social distancing, and that call centers were still operating. Yet another person complained that an insurance agency had three employees in the office.
Another complained that people were buying non-essential items at a convenience store, like lottery ticks, candy, or soda.
“Customers are coming and saying, ‘I’m bored and needed to get out of the house,’” the complaint said. “They buy lottery tickets, a candy bar, a soda … those items are not ‘essential.&#8217;”

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President Joe Biden and his administration have &#8220;made a mockery of the First Amendment,&#8221; according to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, and the Supreme Court&#8217;s Wednesday decision in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-conservative-challenge-to-biden-admin-pressuring-social-media-companies-to-remove-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Murthy v. Missouri</a> failed to put a stop to it.
Turley made an appearance on Wednesday on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom,&#8221; where he broke down the ruling and the case for anchor Dana Perino.
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Jonathan Turley breaks down the frustrating anti-free speech ruling in Murthy v. Missouri.
&#8220;The Government is engaging in censorship by surrogate&#8230; they have made a mockery of the limits of the 1st Amendment.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/K2eKnJtloF">pic.twitter.com/K2eKnJtloF</a>
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&#8220;You call yourself a free speech absolutist,&#8221; Perino began, asking Turley, &#8220;What does this mean?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, it&#8217;s very frustrating for the free speech community because standing is often used to block meritorious claims,&#8221; Turley replied. &#8220;This is one of the most fundamental issues that we are facing.&#8221;
&#8220;I wrote about this issue, this case, in my recent book,&#8221; Turley continued. &#8220;You have one of the largest censorship systems in our history — if not the largest — it&#8217;s been called Orwellian by lower court judges. And what the court is saying is that &#8216;we won&#8217;t hear you on this issue because you&#8217;re not the right litigant.'&#8221;
Turley went on to say that he wasn&#8217;t a fan of such decisions, arguing that they prevented the court from ruling when it should have a say on &#8220;such important constitutional questions.&#8221;
&#8220;This issue will have to wait for another day,&#8221; he added. &#8220;One of the things that many of us have been arguing — for years — is that the government is engaging in censorship by surrogate. I testified about this in Congress — that they have made a mockery of the limits of the First Amendment by doing indirectly what they&#8217;re barred from doing directly.&#8221;
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Two Republican state officials and five conservative social media users brought the challenge in Murthy v. Missouri, claiming that the White House’s pressure campaigns on social media companies to remove what the Biden administration deems &#8220;misinformation&#8221; amounted to censorship by proxy.
The Daily Wire is suing the Biden administration in a separate social media censorship case, alleging that the U.S. State Department is engaging with and promoting censorship technology designed to bankrupt domestic media outlets with disfavored political opinions. Last month, a federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-slaps-down-biden-administrations-attempt-to-dismiss-daily-wire-censorship-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> the State Department’s attempt to get the censorship lawsuit dismissed. The Daily Wire is joined by The Federalist and the state of Texas as plaintiffs in the case.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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The Internal Revenue Service is examining improper claims businesses have made for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) a <a href="https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/employee-retention-credit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refundable tax credit</a> for certain eligible businesses and tax-exempt organizations were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ERC expired in 2021.
Claims filed after mid-September 2023 have been blocked from being processed by a moratorium.
“In coming weeks, the IRS plans to deny tens of thousands of claims that had shown the greatest risk of being improper, the agency said,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/irs-to-reject-billions-of-dollars-in-covid-employer-tax-credit-claims-c443213f?mod=hp_lead_pos4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, adding, “Pop-up firms and marketers created a mini-industry that encouraged a flood of claims long after the pandemic’s emergency-phase ended—many of which the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/inside-a-sales-army-turning-a-tax-break-into-a-modern-day-gold-rush-3741fa42?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IRS has said are questionable</a>.”
The Journal noted that the government has doled out roughly $230 billion for the program.
“The IRS remains deeply concerned about how many taxpayers have been misled and deluded by promoters into thinking they’re eligible for a big payday,” IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel stated. “People may think they are on safe ground, but many are simply not eligible under the law.”
The GOP-led House of Representatives, attempting to save an estimated $80 billion, voted in January to end the ERC for claims filed after Jan. 31, 2024, but the Democrat-led Senate has blocked the move.
By mid-May, unprocessed ERC claims had reached 1.4 million by mid-May; 880,000 were filed before the moratorium, according to the government.
Last month Stenson Tamaddon, a Phoenix-based tax advisory firm and provider of ERC services, sued the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the United States of America, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
“Stenson Tamaddon alleges that the IRS violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by enacting legislative rules without following proper procedures, specifically concerning ‘Notice 2021-20,’” the company <a href="//B715D9CA-8134-43FA-AEA7-1DB8B092903D/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “This notice significantly restricted the availability of Employee Retention Credit (ERC) payouts by narrowing the eligibility criteria.”
“We believe that the IRS has overstepped its authority and failed to follow proper procedures, resulting in unfair restrictions on businesses entitled to the Employee Retention Credit,” CEO Eric Stenson said. “Our goal is to ensure that these businesses receive the support they deserve, this litigation is a last resort.” He added. “Our position remains that there is no broad authority in the Internal Revenue Code or any corresponding tax regulation that allows the IRS to stop processing an entire class of tax returns. I wish they would have given us more information about these risk markers they were using. The IRS needs to be more transparent and should provide clear, detailed criteria as to what constitutes a high-risk claim.”

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Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a> appeared on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; on Thursday, where he joined the ladies at the table in attacking former President Donald Trump — and had a few choice words for his own detractors as well.
Fauci, who previously served as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), gained household-name status when he became the face of the White House&#8217;s fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic — first under Trump and then under President Joe Biden — before he retired from government service.
He joined the hosts of &#8220;The View&#8221; to talk about a new book, and revealed a phrase he had learned while studying Latin that stuck with him when people where attacking him — a phrase he translated with a laugh as, &#8220;don&#8217;t let the bastards wear you down.&#8221;
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Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the people who oppose him &#8220;bastards.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/aIZPqkCw2b">pic.twitter.com/aIZPqkCw2b</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1803811823013028108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
The conversation then turned to Trump and Fauci&#8217;s tenure in the White House, beginning with Sunny Hostin saying that she blamed Trump for the fact that her in-laws died of COVID.
&#8220;We remember those pandemic briefings,&#8221; Hostin said. &#8220;I remember the injection of bleach perhaps, hydroxychloroquin, dangerous recommendations. You were particularly disturbed, I read, by his refusal to wear a mask.&#8221;
Fauci claimed that a number of Trump&#8217;s allies had believed he was only disagreeing with Trump on COVID policies because he had some &#8220;antipathy&#8221; toward the president — which he denied.
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The View didn&#8217;t press Fauci on how the policies he pushed harmed a generation of kids and denied people the freedom of chose to not put things in their bodies; among other things. 
Instead, they tee him up to claim the real problem was the people who didn&#8217;t obey. <a href="https://t.co/kl0eir8bBh">pic.twitter.com/kl0eir8bBh</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1803817134125981871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
The show concluded with all of the hosts thanking Fauci for his service as he complained that people had failed to listen to his recommendations because they were too busy fighting over politics.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged on Tuesday that shuttering schools for months during the COVID pandemic was a &#8220;mistake,&#8221; a reversal for the former presidential chief medical advisor who became influential in the nation&#8217;s response to the malady.
Fauci, 83, was one of the lead members of both the Trump and Biden administrations&#8217; White House COVID teams and frequently appeared beside former President Donald Trump at briefings. The immunologist also led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during the first two years of the pandemic.
Fauci made the admission <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqxazNlHp8Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during</a> an interview on CBS Mornings, saying that while the initial school closures were the right decision, keeping kids out of the classroom for so long was a mistake.
&#8220;I think what was not a mistake was the actual closure, because when we had a shutdown that 15 day to flatten the curve, we were in a tsunami of cases. Right here in New York, you had freezer trucks in front of Elmhurst Hospital,&#8221; Fauci said.
Fauci said that &#8220;shutting down everything immediately &#8230; even schools was the right thing.&#8221;
&#8220;How long you kept it was the problem because there was a disparity throughout the country,&#8221; he said.
Fauci also defended his own record, saying he urged states and counties to &#8220;close the bars, open the schools, open the schools as quickly and as safely as you possibly can.&#8221;
&#8220;But initially to close it down was correct,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Keeping it for a year was not a good idea.&#8221;
&#8220;So that was a mistake in retrospect? We will not repeat it?&#8221; the CBS anchor asked.
&#8220;Absolutely, yeah,&#8221; Fauci responded.
Previously, Fauci had warned that school shutdowns may be necessary, even ones that would last for months.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JudyWoodruff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudyWoodruff</a>: Are we looking at many months of virtual learning before schools can safely open nationwide?
Dr. Anthony Fauci: &quot;In some places, Judy, that may be the case.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fVgss0y4ol">pic.twitter.com/fVgss0y4ol</a>
&mdash; PBS News (@NewsHour) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1294034260727402502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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8/4/20 Fauci on schools: 
&quot;There may be some areas where the level of virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring children back to school.&quot;
In clip, he endorses Zoom education &amp; school closures in areas w/ COVID transmission. Fauci has never been for full reopening. <a href="https://t.co/eORstr2Lf8">pic.twitter.com/eORstr2Lf8</a>
&mdash; Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1333428269002203138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In August 2020, Fauci was asked by PBS NewsHour&#8217;s Judy Woodruff whether the country was facing &#8220;many months of virtual learning&#8221; before schools could safely open nationwide.
&#8220;In some places, Judy, that may be the case,&#8221; Fauci responded. &#8220;If you want your schools to open, get your community level down, down to a safe level.&#8221;
Also that month, Fauci said, &#8220;There may be some areas that the level of the virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring the children back to school.&#8221;
School lockdowns <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-union-exec-suggests-learning-loss-made-us-all-equal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caused</a> massive learning loss across the country among K-12 students in public schools.
In 2022, eighth graders had the lowest U.S. history scores on record and among the lowest civics scores, according to the Department of Education. Only about 13% of eighth graders met proficiency <a href="https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ushistory/2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standards</a> for U.S. history last year, and only about <a href="https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/civics/2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a fifth</a> of students were proficient or better in civics.
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Math and reading scores have also suffered over the pandemic, according to the department. Math scores <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/math-scores-dropped-in-every-state-during-pandemic-report-card-shows-11666584062?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plummeted</a> among fourth and eighth graders in almost every state, and reading scores have also <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-fourth-graders-cant-read-one-phoenix-school-has-a-new-way-to-fight-pandemic-learning-loss-11633818431?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sunk across</a> the country, erasing the last three decades of progress.
Many students returned to classrooms last year reading at the same level as when the pandemic started, putting them two grade levels behind. One study last year <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/health/covid-learning-loss-study-wellness/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that students lost about 35% of a typical school year’s worth of learning, starting when remote learning began.
In early 2021, a CDC study <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/01/26/stats-show-in-person-classes-dont-spread-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> &#8220;little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.&#8221;
However, many schools remained closed for the remainder of that year thanks to teachers unions, which fought against reopening.
Learning loss caused by many months of remote learning spurred parents across the nation to demand schools return to in-person learning, especially after data showed that children were at low risk for serious cases of COVID.
Some parents even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-moms-and-dads-taking-over-school-boards-across-the-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran for school board</a> positions and won, hoping to stop the learning loss in their communities.

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Fauci Admits Closing Schools For Months During Pandemic Was A ‘Mistake’

Fauci Admits Closing Schools For Months During Pandemic Was A 'Mistake'

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After much discussion, the cohosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; have determined that the origin of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID-19</a> pandemic &#8220;wasn&#8217;t in this country&#8221; — and Joy Behar even said that she&#8217;d heard somewhere that it might have come from a lab.
In a segment from Tuesday&#8217;s live broadcast — years after most Americans had determined that COVID had most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China — the show&#8217;s cohosts embraced the pandemic&#8217;s foreign origins in an attempt to attack Republicans for continuing to question the roles played by American officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Joy Behar began by complaining about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who had objected to referring to Fauci as &#8220;doctor&#8221; during a Monday hearing, saying that she was disrespectful and not very smart.
&#8220;She&#8217;s really stupid, and so disrespectful,&#8221; Behar said.
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Joy &#8220;I know history&#8221; Behar, who claims NATO fought the Nazis, calls MTG &#8220;really dumb.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/wLuf94Daih">pic.twitter.com/wLuf94Daih</a>
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Sunny Hostin went on to criticize Republicans in Congress for investigating American officials, saying that it didn&#8217;t make sense to scrutinize their roles if the pandemic had originated outside the United States.
&#8220;Fifteen months of an investigation — we have real problems in this country,&#8221; Hostin began. &#8220;Fifteen months of an investigation, spending real taxpayer dollars, it really really just gets to me. And I think that people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and other people really need to start doing the work of the people, as opposed to trying to send these messages.&#8221;
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&#8220;They say that they cannot find out what happened here in the United States in terms of the origin of COVID — well, maybe because the origin wasn&#8217;t in this country. Maybe it was in another country, and maybe they need to now start looking at other countries.&#8221;
&#8220;They say it possibly came out of a lab,&#8221; Behar interjected.
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Without evidence, Whoopi went on an unhinged rant suggesting Republicans on the committee were denying that the virus was even real, to begin with. <a href="https://t.co/JYkR4aYwzH">pic.twitter.com/JYkR4aYwzH</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1798030993087234480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
Whoopi Goldberg concluded the segment by reminding everyone that &#8220;people died&#8221; during the pandemic and suggesting that Republicans were saying &#8220;people made it up.&#8221;

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Problem Solved: ‘The View’ Has Determined COVID’s ‘Origin Wasn’t In This Country’

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